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Belle de Longue
type: Cooking
synonyms: Belle de LonguŽ
identification: Large, Round to round conic. The skin is yellow washed orange on the sun exposed face where it is marked with a pattern of darker dots. The eye is medium size and partly open, set in a moderately deep and narrow basin which is surrounded by a knobbed crown. The stem is medium long and medium thick, set in a deep and narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, soft
uses: Cooking
origins: NFC: Originated with Lefant of Longue, France. And introduced by Leroy in 1889. First fruited in about 1884.
cultivation: Vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 18
ploidism: Self sterile. Group E. Day 18.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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